Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-03-26

which = huught TO ~ Cfunaai
ho1sehold. whsGs hcans . Edgs md to
srpmble.
HI ehampasDs was ont o6-k wasagons
for good. Hs would nevsr agatn-alasl-
taste Of that divtns drink. No wonder that
ths Old man weps heavily and was atvays
dicontemted. For he cTaved continually at
ter champagne He fo1nd some conclusion
IN thing On his dres clothes every might,
and In talking over the once srlendid past hs
had 4 sympathetic listener In his niece and
be found GIN and water . Substitute Tor
champagneeinadequats, til true, but bet
ter than nothing.
III Has been Q brilliant career. Maria b
sid. Few men-it has often bssn said In
nv own preence-have sat at more Of at
nobler hanque1 I doubt II any man en-
cept Q prince, and be must BE- q prince OF
seventy at least has drunk moro champagne
than your poor uncla Yet such . life has
its drawbacks; you can't say money by eat
ing and drinking; the moro brilliant tits Tho
moro champagne vou drink; the ls0 chance
you've got OF saving. Won emit : vecham-
ragne. and row., You se. nothing but the
memory remafn2"" !
.lndsed, Uncle Joseph No arc an proud Of
you" &
"And o I'm come down to . pension
Of . hundred . year end to g~inAnd-sater.
Give ms another giaa. Maria. Gin-and.
waterr'
"You must think Of the banouets, uncle,
and the gre,t como,ny o kept, uncle."
"Ihe highest IN the land" he replied, sol
EMMY. 4 have initiated and raised TO The
most sublime degrees royal princes and the
noblest Of the nobility young and old. Al
for dukes. marc lies earh AMI barons they
have bsen under my hands, meek and obedi-
eot, BY tho hunired. I've lost count Of
Yes, Maria, It givas . man some s~atisfaction
IN his Old ago to feel bee done 70 much good
and been 70 greatly honored No douot such
. life beetows an air Of distinction. Iput IL
IN With my evening dress The jewels are
up st,ir1 It would not b proper to adorn
my breast with those splendid regalia out
,ide . lodge I can leave my jewels to
your children, Maria but not the air Of dis
tinction That can't DO left to ANYBODY
ut cannot, Uncle Joseph. u moro than .
mile.n
Tive of.su thought, Maria" the old man
continued. that I should have liked ono Of
your boys to take up the Same limo But Of
cour . 1t Is too much to expect Of them. Il
ha gift Such Q man u myself can't be
made. He Is born. az they say Of a post.
Either q young mar has the genius or he has
not. Lordl most masters whether IN tbs
char " past IT. have got no moro real
knowledge Of tho ritual whatever the de-
gree, than they h@1e of the Roman maa."
"Of course / don't know what 1t hn said
Mrs Cronan; "but I've always under
stood
"You can't understand, Maria. No NO.
man car. It's beyond their intelleoh to
understand such sublimity and such nitric
ICY. More than . dozen different rituals
think oe thatl Every one complete and dif-
ferent. and all to be " rked exact anil word
for word All thoss rituals 1t my fingers
ends, without haw or hitch, and me the man
deputed to work them for instruction, for
raising and advancing; and . separate drees
for each, with ito own jewslsl Tho aprons
md the scarfs are up stairs, with the jewels
But the rituals-they mum't be written, and
here's no one anywhere who knows them
like mo. They've got . Young man in my
place. trained him. But q for comparing
him with me-wsn, I pity the young man!
Thew will make compsrisonA and"
"Oh, good Lordr' =
This unseemly interruption was due to the
doctor, WIG suddenly jumped up with this
profane cry. He dropped back, however,
md sat down again. gazing about him with
a look Of the blankest I'M cement. The star,
and the cry might have been forced from
hun by suddenly sitting on q pin, Or BY
evaporation beyond endurance with Uncl,
Josephs tedious prattle. or oy some shar!
1 ~<>--N-.l- 80 h~ H. .nnol1nn,{an - .n-1
frightful omission or bIunder. But thai
'NGracioust cried Mrs. Cronan; "what ha
come to you, my dArr I
.Nothing," said the doctor.
He picked up the paper which he hat
dro ped, folded it very carefully. and
never been known to do in all his Life before
There must be something the matter
his wife persisted. rs 1t too hachef"
at 10 nothing" be repeated; nothing Of
the least importance to Us, or to anybody
Then 1t Is consisting. :" said Norah, ';ant
something that concerns you, at least, papa
and 1t 10 something that you read In thl
paper. Let mo read the paper, too"
He made no reply. except to look abou'
him with . bewildered look, as q who won
ders what he Is going to do nexS.
'.If I am allowed to talk without bein1
interrupted said Uncle Joseph, irri,ably
II was going to say, Maria"
Papa, let ma see the paper" said Moral
again.
mo, m, dear, not tonight. I dare .!
you will hear soon enough"
n was going to say, Maria@
"Yes, Uncle Joseph. Your father VI
show me the Paper tonight, Norah,' ri
Mrs. Cronan, in . tone which implied that
as q wife, she meant K know he secret
whatever it was. "If there IL any hing i
it which concsrns you. Of course I can tell
to You in the morning. Go On, Uncl
Joseph"
~ was going to say Maria, whsn thsa
Interruptions began. that there Is some,hin
In noble blood which one rema, h on th
very first introduction. It 10 omething-
Here the door opened. and Uncle Josep
Wa q third time interrupted. He sat bac
in his chair and began to drum tho tabl
with his fnge1 but only for . few moment
because the thing which followed was q
such . surprising and start ing characta
that for once be forgot his own reminl
cenceA
This late visitor was an elderly maj Wit
iron gray hair. short Of stature. and of THO
build, but not fat; . man Of hard face
hardness m his gray eyes, hardness In b
frm-set mouth, hardness in his chin. A b
stood in the doorway. Norah, who had b
mind full Of her novel, thought be locke
like a landlord come to sell up everybod
without pity. Nobody knsw him bstle
than hsrself, and her knowledge Of him df
not MAKE that resemblance imnoasible- Fo